“The widespread success of science is too significantan issue to be treated as if it were a happy accident that we arefree to enjoy without enquiring more deeply into why this isthe case. Critical r...”

“Inthe scientific community, the adjective theological is some-times used pejoratively to refer to a vague or ill-formulatedbelief. I believe this usage to be very far from the truth. It sad-dens me...”

“As a consequence, scientists who are carefully reflectiveabout their activity do not instinctively ask the question Is itreasonable? as if they were confident beforehand what shaperationality had t...”

“The doctrine of creation of the kind that the Abrahamic faiths profess is such that it encourages the expectation that there will be a deep order in the world, expressive of the Mind and Purpose of...”

“Claims for theoccurrence of miraculous events will have to be evaluated ona case-by-case basis. There can be no general theory to coverthe character of unique events, but the refusal to contemplate...”

“If the experience of science teaches anything, it's that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly shown that.”

“The living and dead were thrown together, and the dead looked away first.-Description of Doomsday”

“I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettie...”

“To know the history of science is to recognize the mortality of any claim to universal truth. ”

“The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, imposes them upon himself and upon other scientists.”